Are You Looking To Adopt A Puppy? You Should Take These Tips into Consideration First

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By John Smooth

Are you looking to adopt a puppy? If you are then congratulation, these puppies are in serious need of a good home to go to. You'll feel really good knowing you've saved an animal from a bad situation as some of the ones listed below.

Being abandoned by owners

Being beaten or tortured

Malnourished

These puppies have many needs and you'll need to make yourself aware of them if you're going to adopt a puppy. In this small article I'm going to give you even more help on what you should be looking for when you're going to adopt a puppy. Knowing these important things can save you a lot of hassle, and you'll have a good healthy puppy to take home when it is all over.

What do I need to look for when I'm looking to adopt a puppy?

When you're looking to adopt a puppy you need to make sure that the puppy looks happy and healthy. This will be a good sign that the puppy hasn't gone through any kind of abuse or other mistreatment by former owners. Some of the signs of good health you can look for are listed below.

Clean skin

Clean ears

Clean and clear eyes

If the puppy doesn't have these things in order then you'd better be prepared to pay some money to take it to a veterinarian. This can cost you a lot of money, some people may not mind this cost while others want no part of it.

Healthy looking feces

The puppy should have well formed feces that are not loose. This could be a sign that the puppy has not been fed properly and it could end up leading to problems shortly after you take it home.

Healthy gums

A puppy that does not have healthy looking gums and teeth that are formed or forming will have all kinds of problems later on.

You'll want the puppy to be responsive

This may not seem like a big deal to some, but everything I've listed in this article is very important. It either leads to some sort of expense you'll have to pay for, or some sort of behavioral problem you'll have to live with. A dog that isn't responsive to its surrounding may have a difficult time adjusting once you bring it home.

You never know how the puppy will end up reacting, and this will cause obedience problems. You want to be sure to play with your puppy and see how it responds to you. If the puppy is responsive you will be able to do the following much easier.

Train the puppy

Make the puppy obedient

Teach the puppy to be friendly with others

If the puppy is not responsive all these things will be harder if not impossible to do. So when you're looking into adopting a puppy consider all the things I listed in this article.

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